JANUARY 2008

Beyond the FMCG Brands

Beyond the FMCG Brands

0 / January 3, 2008 6:42 PM

Let’s face it. We are living in a whole new marketplace, where we have more demanding and discerning consumers on the one side and new brands emerging from entirely new categories on the other, which are pushing the hitherto leaders

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : The Top Retail Brands

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : The Top Retail Brands

0 / January 3, 2008 6:17 PM

The fledgling modern retail is on a scorc- hing growth path, with everyday being a new beginning in this $10-billion industry.  As the industry grows despite all hiccups,  we at Pitch decided to take stock of the industry by conducting

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : Videocon snaps up PlanetM

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : Videocon snaps up PlanetM

0 / January 3, 2008 6:13 PM

Consumer durables major Videocon Industries acquired PlanetM, the music and entertainment retail arm floated by the Times group for Rs 200 crore.  The acquisition was done by Next, Videocon’s retail chain for consumer electronics and home appliances. Videocon chairman VN

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : Finally, Carrefour makes it

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : Finally, Carrefour makes it

0 / January 3, 2008 6:09 PM

Even as the government sat over the issue of FDI in modern retail trade—despite the government-constituted Icrier study gave a green signal for the same—forcing many a leading players such a Starbucks to dump their India plans, more and more

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : Spinach on a buyout spree

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : Spinach on a buyout spree

0 / January 3, 2008 6:06 PM

The season of mergers and acquisitions in the Rs 35,000 crore modern retail sector, that is growing at a healthy 35 percent annually, is far from over with intense battle for buying up smaller players getting only more intense. However,

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : From tractors to retail tracks

Review 2009 / Retail Ahoy : From tractors to retail tracks

0 / January 3, 2008 6:00 PM

The automobile major Mahi ndras have always been hailed for their uncanny knack of making any venture moving, whether it is tractor or real estate. And the $4.5- billion group that has interests in automobiles to real eastate to luxury

Review 2007 / Retail Ahoy : Wal-Mart is here, finally

Review 2007 / Retail Ahoy : Wal-Mart is here, finally

0 / January 3, 2008 3:43 PM

After keeping the organised retail market on prolonged will-or-will-not suspense for nearly a year, it finally happened. The largest retailer in the globe, Wal-Mart finally entered the country piggyriding the domestic telecom giant Bharti group in August. But there is

Review 2007 / Retail Ahoy : Biyani retails more ideas

Review 2007 / Retail Ahoy : Biyani retails more ideas

0 / January 3, 2008 3:31 PM

Retail maverick Kishore Biyani stirred yet another ripple in the growing retail circles by broaching the idea of fair price outlets and announcing his IPO plans during the last year. But the after-effects of the ripples will appear only in

Review 2007 / Retail Ahoy : Reliance spreads wings wide, despite setbacks

Review 2007 / Retail Ahoy : Reliance spreads wings wide, despite setbacks

0 / January 3, 2008 3:15 PM

Backlash in some States, consolidation in other states and spreading of wings into apparel, jewellery, footwear, pharma, electronics, food and groceries and vegetables, as also wholesale arenas made the last year hectic for the retail super power Reliance Retail which

Review 2007 : Advertising

Review 2007 : Advertising

0 / January 3, 2008 2:38 PM

AD Club-AAAI row ends finally The biggest news broke out of Mumbai when it came to advertising in the year gone by was the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and the Advertising Club Bombay’s decision to jointly  present a